Deep Forces

The state of our democracy is cracking and evaporating

A guide to the thermodynamics of our constitutional crisis. And how to phase change out of it.

Feb 19, 2025 • Lee Drutman

How did American democracy become a broken game without winners? And what should we do about it?

Support for democracy in America has fallen to alarming lows, even as voters desperately seek change. Proportional representation could re-energize our…

Jan 15, 2025 • Lee Drutman

The arc of history is squiggly - and four other takeaways from the 2024 election

This is a moment for imagination and big-picture thinking.

Nov 6, 2024 • Lee Drutman

Perfectly Balanced, Totally Unstable

The dangerous strangeness of our perennially too-close-for-comfort elections

Oct 30, 2024 • Lee Drutman

Slowly, then all at once: What Biden’s sudden departure tells us about how social change happens

Four lessons from a teachable moment

Jul 26, 2024 • Lee Drutman

Our politics is only flat on the surface

Hidden possibilities lie beneath the dirt

Aug 1, 2023 • Lee Drutman

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